List of Ohio Valley Player of the Year winners
The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) has awarded Ohio Valley Player of the Year honors every season since 1962-63. Only one player has won the award three times, Western Kentucky’s Clem Haskins (1965-67). Thirteen other players have won twice, the most recent being Austin Peay‘s Terry Taylor (2020-21). Murray State is the program with the most winners (21), followed by Austin Peay (eight), Western Kentucky and Morehead State (seven each). See also: Ohio Valley Coach of the Year
| Year | Player | School |
| 1963 | Harold Sergent | Morehead State |
| 1964 | Jim Jennings | Murray State |
| 1965 | Clem Haskins | Western Kentucky State |
| 1966 | Clem Haskins (2) | Western Kentucky State (2) |
| 1967 | Clem Haskins (3) | Western Kentucky (3) |
| 1968 | Wayne Chapman | Western Kentucky (4) |
| Skeeter Swift | East Tennessee State | |
| 1969 | Claude Virden | Murray State (2) |
| 1970 | Jim McDaniels | Western Kentucky (5) |
| 1971 | Jim McDaniels (2) | Western Kentucky (6) |
| 1972 | Les Taylor | Murray State (3) |
| 1973 | Les Taylor (2) | Murray State (4) |
| 1974 | Fly Williams | Austin Peay |
| 1975 | George Sorrell | Middle Tennessee |
| 1976 | Johnny Britt | Western Kentucky (7) |
| Tim Sisneros | Middle Tennessee (2) | |
| 1977 | Otis Howard | Austin Peay (2) |
| 1978 | Otis Howard (2) | Austin Peay (3) |
| 1979 | James “Turk” Tillman | Eastern Kentucky |
| 1980 | Gary Hooker | Murray State (5) |
| 1981 | Jerry Beck | Middle Tennessee (3) |
| 1982 | Jerry Beck (2) | Middle Tennessee (4) |
| 1983 | Glen Green | Murray State (6) |
| Joe Jakubick | Akron | |
| 1984 | Joe Jakubick (2) | Akron (2) |
| 1985 | Stephen Kite | Tennessee Tech |
| 1986 | Marcel Boyce | Akron (3) |
| 1987 | Bob McCann | Morehead State (2) |
| 1988 | Jeff Martin | Murray State (7) |
| 1989 | Jeff Martin (2) | Murray State (8) |
| 1990 | Popeye Jones | Murray State (9) |
| 1991 | Popeye Jones (2) | Murray State (10) |
| 1992 | Brett Roberts | Morehead State (3) |
| 1993 | Carlos Rogers | Tennessee State |
| 1994 | Carlos Rogers (2) | Tennessee State (2) |
| 1995 | Marcus Brown | Murray State (11) |
| 1996 | Marcus Brown (2) | Murray State (12) |
| 1997 | Bubba Wells | Austin Peay (4) |
| 1998 | De’Teri Mayes | Murray State (13) |
| 1999 | Bud Eley | Southeast Missouri State |
| 2000 | Aubrey Reese | Murray State (14) |
| 2001 | Trenton Hassell | Austin Peay (5) |
| 2002 | Henry Domercant | Eastern Illinois |
| 2003 | Ricky Minard | Morehead State (4) |
| 2004 | Cuthbert Victor | Murray State (15) |
| 2005 | Willie Jenkins | Tennessee Tech (2) |
| 2006 | J. Robert Merritt | Samford |
| 2007 | Drake Reed | Austin Peay (6) |
| 2008 | Lester Hudson | Tennessee-Martin |
| 2009 | Lester Hudson (2) | Tennessee-Martin (2) |
| 2010 | Kenneth Faried | Morehead State (5) |
| 2011 | Kenneth Faried (2) | Morehead State (6) |
| 2012 | Isaiah Canaan | Murray State (16) |
| 2013 | Isaiah Canaan (2) | Murray State (17) |
| Ian Clark | Belmont | |
| 2014 | J. J. Mann | Belmont (2) |
| 2015 | Cameron Payne | Murray State (18) |
| 2016 | Evan Bradds | Belmont (3) |
| 2017 | Evan Bradds (2) | Belmont (4) |
| 2018 | Jonathan Stark | Murray State (19) |
| 2019 | Ja Morant | Murray State (20) |
| 2020 | Terry Taylor | Austin Peay (7) |
| 2021 | Terry Taylor (2) | Austin Peay (8) |
| 2022 | KJ Williams | Murray State (21) |
| 2023 | Mark Freeman | Morehead State (7) |
| 2024 |
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